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The Crowdfunding Campaign To Stop Nickelback

MONDAY, OCTOBER 06, 2014|

Posted by: K. Hess

Inspired by a recent crowdsourced concert that brought the Foo Fighters back to Richmond, Virginia for the first time in 16 years, London resident Craig Mandall launched his own campaign to ensure that Nickelback never make it back to London.

Mandall's campaign, titled 'Don't Let Nickel Back', is structured to discourage Nickelback from playing in London by having funders purchase emails of varying levels of severity that Mandall will send Nickelback's manager on the funders' behalf. According to the campaign page, the proceeds will be donated to charity.

Nickelback is planning to tour in 2015, but have yet to announce any official stops. So far Mandall's campaign has raised $110 of its $1000 tilt, although no one has yet purchased the big ticket $50 email: